I(iaoa) 
Cratoxylon parvifolium Merrill sp. nov.), . 
Frutex erectus, glaber, ramis ramulisque terétibus, ne ultimis 
gracilibus, circiter 0.5 mm. diametro; foliis ire vel obovato- 
ellipticis, chartaceis, 1.5-2.5 cm. longis, 1—-1.5 cm. latis, basi late acutis, 
apice late rotundatis vel obtusis, interdum abrupte brevissime apiculatis, 
in sicco pallide subolivaceis, subtus pallidioribus et praesertim in parti- 
bus superioribus consperse glandulosis; nervis primariis utrinque circiter 
5, gracilibus, haud perspicuis, arcuato-anastomosantibus, venulis ultimis 
inter reticulis liberis; petiolo 3-4 mm. longo; inflorescentiis axillaribus 
terminalibusque, solitariis, pedunculatis, plerumque bifloris, pedunculo 
5-8 mm. longo, pedicellis 3-4 mm. longis; floribus pallide rubris; sepalis 
ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, rotundatis, 5 mm. longis, 2.5 mm. latis; 
petalis anguste oblongis, basi angustatis, inappendiculatis, circiter 8 mm. 
longis et 2.5 mm. latis; phalangibus sub fructu 8 mm. longis, fila- 
mentorum parte libera 1.5 mm. longa; capsulis late lanceolatis, 1—1.2 
cm. longis, circiter 4 mm. diametro, sursum angustatis, stylis 3, brevibus, 
persistentibus. 
INpo-CHINA, Annam, near Tourane, J. & M.S. Clemens 3454, May- 
July, 1927, a shrub on forested slopes, flowers pale red. 
A species belonging in the group with Cratoxylon ligustrinum (Spach) 
Blume (C. polyanthum Korth.), distinguished, however, by its very 
much smaller, differently shaped, usually broadly rounded leaves. The 
lower surface of the leaves is characteristically supplied with scattered 
dark colored glands, these being much larger and more numerous in the 
upper one-third of the leaf. The tips of the ultimate veinlets are free 
within the rather lax and not very distinct reticulations. 
